Helle, Svein-Erik(Master thesis, The University of Bergen, 2011-05-27)

This thesis investigates the role of political funding in two electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The issue of political funding has been investigated thoroughly in developed democracies in the West, but ...

Introduction: In the year 2000, a set of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were presented as a way to channel global efforts into the reduction of poverty and the promotion of social development. A global ...

This article explores the state-sanctioned recruitment of internally displaced persons
(IDPs) into civil militias in northern Uganda between 1996 and 2006. Drawing upon
international and Ugandan domestic law, as well as ...

This qualitative study explored self-care among fifteen Ugandan nurses with reputations for thriving despite having difficult working conditions. The analysis revealed that in the face of potential threats to the nurses’ ...

What explains trust in government and how can political institutions ensure that they are trusted by citizens? This study explores how perceptions of the economic, political and social performance of government translate ...